Incident Meter

[jhankins]

Can anyone recommend a good light meter for Portrait/Studio work? Thanks in advance!

[rdenney]

jhankins wrote:
Can anyone recommend a good light meter for Portrait/Studio work? Thanks in advance!



I suggest the Sekonic L-358, though it is expensive. I have an L-718, which is now discontinued but was nearly as expensive, and I've never regretted the cost of it, even though I have other high-end meters, too. The L-358 seems to be the current model with the same features.

Note that no flash meter of which I'm aware will measure a Canon EX speedlite when in E-TTL mode, because the pre-flash will trigger the flash meter instead of the main flash. But if you are using a flash meter, you will usually put the flash in manual mode in any case.

For nature, I prefer reflected meters, and particularly spot meters. But they don't work as well in the studio.

Rick "who enjoys the fact that all his expensive meters disagree slightly" Denney

[jhankins]

Thanks! Interesting I was looking at the 608 which sounded quite cool but at 3 times the costs perhaps I should start with the 358 as it is the portrait studio where I will spend most of my time for now. Thanks for the help! It'll be on it's way shortly. :)